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Will Complete Streets Become the Law of the Land?

August 4, 2013May 18, 2015 Mark Elliot Backbone network, Complete Streets, Doris Matsui, Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction

Complete Streets principles state that our roads must be safely accessible to all users regardless of mode choice. That represents

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News 

PTA Hosts BH Community Forum on Bike-Friendly Streets

October 5, 2012January 23, 2019 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills Unified School District, Complete Streets, Horace Mann, Howard Goldstein, Jeffrey Courion, Jeffrey Grijalva, PTA, Safe Routes to School, Steve Kessler

Horace Mann on Wednesday evening hosted a PTA-organized forum intended to jump start a community conversation about making city streets

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Visualization of a bike lane and active transportation corridor on Santa Monica Boulevard
Recap 

City Council Study Session: Complete Streets Mentioned

April 17, 2012April 8, 2013 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills, Class II lane, Complete Streets, Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction

An update following today’s City Council’s April 17th Study Session. In our earlier review of the draft request for proposals

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Bike Backbone map missing Beverly Hills piece
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Santa Monica Boulevard Expansion Must Be On the Table

October 10, 2011July 12, 2012 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills Transportation Division, City Beautiful, Complete Streets, NIMBY, Santa Monica Boulevard

Since we’ve first talked about bi-directional Class II bike lanes for the Santa Monica Boulevard corridor, City of Beverly Hills

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South Beverly needs bike racks!
Recap 

Beverly Hills Bike Update

September 30, 2011April 11, 2019 Mark Elliot Bicycle Master Plan update, bicycle racks, Complete Streets, Pilot program

Here at Better Bike we’re wondering if cyclists may be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel after

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Santa Monica & Wilshire
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Busy Intersection in Beverly Hills Fails Cyclists

September 26, 2011February 9, 2018 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills, bicycle count, Complete Streets, safety, Santa Monica Boulevard

Here’s a guy doing everything right as he makes his way through the Wilshire & Santa Monica Boulevard intersection. He’s

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Santa Monica Blvd pavement irregularities
Recap 

Beverly Hills Bike Plan Update Progress Report

September 23, 2011April 8, 2013 Mark Elliot Ad Hoc Committee, Complete Streets, rack-on-request, Santa Monica Boulevard

We caught up with Aaron Kunz, Deputy Director of Transportation, for an update on the Beverly Hills bike plan update

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Soapbox 

Do We Need an ADA-Style Equity-in-Access Law?

September 10, 2011May 14, 2020 Mark Elliot Americans With Disabilities Act, Complete Streets, Good Roads, National League for Good Roads

The Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law just over two decades ago. The landmark legislation requires ramps, curb cuts

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News 

Multi-Modal Mobility? We Talk the Talk, Don’t Walk the Walk

September 7, 2011January 22, 2019 Mark Elliot Complete Streets, FHWA, General Plan, GOPR

Several years ago, Congress amended the United States Code to highlight the importance of multi-modal transportation. For the first time,

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